swim!

Went to the swimming pool today. Mm it was..different.

Got to the place, figured out how to get in - barcode scanning to enter a pool. hm.. realised that i don't have my wallet nor handphone, so Had money to put into the locker. righto. just stuffed my stuff in anyway. Then shock shock. Everyone is stark naked in the changing room. Woah. That's a first.

Get to the pool. Swimming in circles? um, ok. So i hop in. Do some laps till i decide that my recovering body has had enough. Jacuzzi! heh. It was awesome! But also strange. Jus before I got in, everyone got out! I was all what the hell! Is there something wrong with me?! then i get in and the guard tells me, "while it isn't bubbling, don't go in." eh? new concept to me. Ok so I get out. Bubbling! Woah. soaking in a hot tub feels awesome. It never feels this good in Singapore. Now, I wonder why.

Things are looking up!

I was feeling all sorry for myself this afternoon. What with the rain, plus tons of work, plus no Lydia to cook with for a week :( she's in germany for a study trip! Lucky Architects! Anyway, had to haul myself outa the room to cook in the international coridoor. shock horror! no one's there! but just when i'm almost done, everyone ambles in. Heh. Had some excellent marmalade on cheese! New one for me. Awesome marmalede. Ze Miguel's mom makes some mean marmalade. Learnt some french. Oo sth sth Troove (that's how i pronounce it) means where is .. located? I need to learn some french - not cussing thank you - before i go to Paris. Heard that pple will give u wrong instructions if u don't make an effort to speak french. So I will give them my appalling french. Eiffel Tower!

Anyway, got back to my room, and lo and behold i have a new neighbour. And when u have only 7 pple in one coridoor, one neighbour is woah! big news! Caroline, she's nice! I offered her and David (next door neigbour) chinese tea with rose buds. They were duly fascinated with the flowers. :) anyway, got to spread the news of strange uncles tapping on windows. Caroline thinks that someone might have knocked on her window at 3 in the morning but that's because her room faces the bicycle parking area. all the drunk young peps knocking on her window in the morning we think. Still safe! Relac mum and dad!

Neighbours in the coridoor are ambling ard more these days. Anders (not the freaky guy) just popped by to check in on me. He was appalled at the walls. I don't see what's really that wrong. but ah well. he's gg to scream at the AF bordsters for me. okie,. thanks dude.

Back to seminar questions. woah, my life is complete. yes yes eyes are rolling

Cell and sleep

Today was slightly more productive and the next hour or so is dedicated to u, o worthy Chapter 19. So tonight my curtains are drawn to reduce stress. Anyway, went for cell at Calle and Ruth's place. Ah.. felt so nice being taken care of. They're so good! :) And it was a pretty informal thing so feel rather optimistic and relaxed abt it all.

Had a really long nap this afternoon. I think class and waking up early is really getting to me. Waking up is increasingly difficult because the sun is rising later every morning!

Apple Walnut cake with ice cream. mm.. ruth is a good baker!

Big huggles for ur bdays!

Birthday Cake Bouncer01, originally uploaded by furtrear.

Happy Birthday Elgin and Justin! For those of u who don't know Elgin, he's the NUS pep (in lund)'s official travel planner. Damn good at it too! (i'm being an apple polisher here.)

Jus! Finally! 21! :) love ya!

odd but pleasant

Was just studying when this middle aged- old dude ambles up to my window and taps. It's midnight and I have the super cautious look on my face. But after a short chat with a tough piece of glass between us, I decided that it was safe to open up the window.

He seemed rather nice. Ma, he saw pics of u guys on my wall and u'll be pleased to know that he thinks ur pretty! heh. Ok I'll take those comments on how everyone thinks we look alike now. :) he saw the pic of u and dad (the nicer one) that i also have on my blog. Said that ur body lang. was sweet! chi! not bad mum.

Professor of Philo and Physics? Sounds a bit far fetched but ok, whatever u say dei. Anders is his name

Then 2 mins after he leaves, a crazy dude goes by shouting as u leaves the complex.

The joys of living on the first floor. Where is my pepper spray?

Paris!

Oh! I'm going to Paris in November during a long break that I found. Nice spot on my timetable! yay! :) I'm thrilled to bits! Cheap ticket, and free lodging! Woo hoo!

Realisation

I'm a homebody.

As much as it seems cooler to be a party animal, someone who can dance all night away, and stumble (or cycle) home at some ungodly hour, I'd rather be in bed with Jeeves. And by jeeves, I mean a character in a book so please, roll that tongue back into your mouth.

That's why I loved living in E6! Fun people to hang out with- at home! Perfect combination. Now we all need to find good housing where we can be neighbours. Oh man! I really wish that could be so! Wouldn't that be awesome? Oh, and for peps who don't know what I mean by E6, that's the floor and block i live in in hall (in nus).

I just wish that Lund were bigger, but then again, I chose this place. So I'll make the most of it yah. :)

Cheerios!

i ish happy

happy excited look on lyd's face.

I'm gg to a church couple's house on wednesday for cell! :) eeps I'm happy! Cause I can't always make it for cell on Saturday so that's great!!! yay! And I get to see the insides of a Swedish house. :) grin grin. I'm feeling happy.

And I met these new pple at church too. They're mostly exchange students and oh so nice! heh. I'm gg to the supermarket to stock up on food now! :) so happy!

complain complain

Happy! My friend who was gg to the apple fest with me today has a migrane! So not gg! whine whine. I'm bored. Everyone is out of town or sth. argh. happy! Next week will be even worse because the architects are gg to germany for a field trip and karen will be in london. oh no!!

I better have plans for next weekend. lest i rot away in vildanden. Oh! I do have plans. Gg to go around the sound. yay!

But it's good that i have no plans for today, I will be a good girl and go to church. Well, I really do like the pple in my church! :) So it's all good. Heh, I'll wear my new shoes!

And I'll get my room and travel plans in order.

Poland (to be settled),
France (to be settled),
Northern Denmark (almost done!),
Dublin,
Bath,
London

um, where else... pple here are far outdoing me in terms of travel plans but man, i'll be so tired travelling so much. not to mention broke.

i am such a homebody. aiyoh. but when there's only me at home.. sigh.. feels sad.

Classmates, cheap shoes, chinese food and.

Went to Malmo for the day with 2 of my classmates and some french pple! Ah, they're pretty fun to go shopping with. I think i heard the word "cute" at least 30 times today! hilarious. Sweaters are cute, jackets are cute. Ah, and shoes!

I got myself a 50kr (11 sgd) pair of shoes today! And ah. they are adorable. :) I'm happy! Got myself a new number because the old one is just too freaking ex. Have no meat in my fridge. Happy! And I'll be gg out to simrishamn tmr to see an apple festival thing. sounds fun. But far. And my skanetrafiken (discount travel cashcard) has only 20kr left. alamak. And we're leaving so early that i can't go to the groccery tmr. Righto. So that means a very meager lunch and money issues! woo hoo.

The weather today was absolutely awesome. it was so so good. Sunny! I didn't have to wear my jacket at all in malmo. Was at least 25 degrees. Damn hot! And the gay parade passes us nicely in malmo. no big action. Oh yeah, there was this woman- we couldn't tell if she was male or female. Anyway, she was topless. with markings on her.. um. it was so strange. but i think only camillea and i saw her. :) short parade. nothing very fancy but i was still impressed.

Glutinous rice balls, pho noodles and pho paste from the asian shop! I'm pretty pleased :) Yum yum. now to buy beef. and towgay. i know for sure u can get that at Willy's (yes it is a supermarket.)

Argh I still have tons of readings, and i stil have an enrichment project, and a lab report. groan. lab report. no!!! Plus I am trying to see if i can crash at terence's cause i found a cheap tik to paris. Please let it pull through!

huggles! more deprivation apparently

huggles! more deprivation apparently, originally uploaded by furtrear.

in ystad!

Kelly's Birthday SURPIRSE

Kelly's Birthday SURPIRSE, originally uploaded by furtrear.

with one hand on the handle bars, i cycled at least 1.5 click with that pie in a box. happy! COULD change gears like that. :) all good though.but will never try that again, especially not uphill.

Kasia and Andrez.

Kasia and Andrez., originally uploaded by furtrear.

kasia's this awesome polish girl and that's the man of her life :) he's nice! and a good cook although i have yet to taste his skills. I think i spelt his name wrong. eeps.

freshly plucked granny smith

freshly plucked granny smith, originally uploaded by furtrear.

finally, we sated amelia's need to pluck an apple. resolution camp!

Humans!

Humans!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

At a coridoor party. ?Happening? I guess so.

what'll it be like in 4 months? just watched love actually. It rounds off with pple meeting at Heathrow. Will I be just as overjoyed as them? hah, probably more. I'll be so psyched to see my fam and friends! :) I miss listening to josh jam on his git as i mill ard.

cycling

Lent my bike to a friend's friend (very smart eh). And the keys were returned this evening. which meant that i got them back AFTER class today. so i cycled to school using my friend's tiny kid's bike today. HAPPY! UNalmost died. cycled uphill and the wheels of the bike are the diameter of my forearm. No gears, and no conventional brakes. U pedal backwards to brake.

On a brighter note, I saw this hot air ballon being readied for flight yesterday. Just a stone's throw away from where i live. how often do u see that?!

Homework is done, money is in the bank, textbook is about to be read. Now, to just leave the music on, plan where to visit this weekend, and study. Life's good. I like living in a cold country. I shld go for a walk during sunset. :)

sigh

feeling a little miserable. must be feeling sick and that in combination with too little attention.

To change my situation mildly, I've rearranged my furniture. How exciting. I've stooped to changing my fengshui. No, I'm joking about the fengshui bit. Now, I finally have proper light above my table.

Shall stop being sad for myself, and get some carbo in my system, look for friends in the building next door. Thank God there's an international coridoor in this hostel.

I'll upload pics soon. Will be checking out an interesting parade this saturday with a classmate and her us friends this sat. that shld be fun. more studying for tonight

i need to study

stop talking on msn lyd. stop taking so long to cook. start studying more. why am i such a mugger?!

tired, slightly sick and far too much work

add that to the burning desire to travel and u get a rather stressed out lyd. oh yeah, and add that to my short term venture in business. I want sympathy! But i shld not be needy yah. and anyway, there are pple here offerring me various forms of medication for that scratchy throat.

Elgin asked me if i wanted to join his coridoor people to go to hampburg. but it's just from this fri evening to sun night. plus 7 pple who i don't know ? nah, i would rather spend the money by going to london. which i won't. because it's not worth it going to london 2 times in 4 months. I'll probably go to denmark or maybe southern sweden this weekend.

I have at least 4 chapters to read and it takes up a lot of time. Need to write notes for almost every chapter so ..and knowing my perfectionist streak, that takes forever even though my handwriting is excellent. I am practically midway through microbiology. so i'm stressing a little here. argh! 15 weeks more of exchange then back to nus i go. that's when the scary studying starts :) but the thought of living in hall is..heartwarming? i shld get a good job/have my own comapny get my own apartment and get hall peps to be my flatmates! heh. en hui i want u! won't it be great? living like how pple in friends do. awesome. e block peps need to find a place where we all can be neighbours again. sigh. this makes me feel like doing honours so that i can have an extra year of living in hall.

Anyway, i just realised, what am i going to do abt my jaw op? i can't go to work right after it. have to rest for 3 weeks at home. and i'd totally scare people at work looking like some cabbage patch kid. hmm.. seriously, shld i do honours so that i have a 3 month break between op and school? Or shld i just go for the op after graduating and work after resting for a month? will i even get a job?! happy!

i think i'll just apply for flinders and sydney uni at the same time too eh. be a medic? oh my oh my. is that a good idea? i can be a business person and a doctor at the same time yah. and there's a lot of capital there.

Oh dear, sorry for pouring out my future plan thoughts here.

Back to sweden.

Iäve been living for the day. Wake up, bike to class, have long days in lab and lectures, chill with the same 26 pple day in and out, go back, cook dinner with internationals and attempt to study. last night ended at 11pm with me not being able to take the sore throat and sleeping early. happy. at least there's a lot of time to read my textbook here. for the first time, i am actually actively using my textbook. wow! rolling my eyes here.

ma, the beef i cooked a few nights ago cannot make it! it was tough. what did i do wrong?

ma and dad,,

ma and dad,,, originally uploaded by furtrear.

and now u'll thwack me on the head yah! haha :) couldn't resist putting this up.

ma and dad..

ma and dad.., originally uploaded by furtrear.

Heh, I have been duly informed that the previous picture of my mum cmi. (cannot make it!- is lousy) so here's 2 new/old pics. Ma's glasses are way old. good that u got rid of them ma. too big!

license to stare

license to stare, originally uploaded by furtrear.

Believe that this is from a Singapore paper! Ozzies are apparently searching for a good reason to be chee ko peks (perverts). So do u have ur daily stare?

hedgehog!

hedgehog!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

ooo!! amelia and i saw a real live hedgehog pottering around near Delphi ( a hall). so cute! (say it like Elgin does. heh. )

Been a long time since I've seen the sea. :)

Been a long time since I've seen the sea. :), originally uploaded by furtrear.

Pottery Kiln

Pottery Kiln, originally uploaded by furtrear.

Stumbled into a pottery shop and ended up getting to see their little garden, a cool 1600s half timber house and a pottery workshop! These are little watchmen that are really representative of Ystad. There's a church tower where the watchman blows his horn on the hour from 9pm to 3am. lest he be executed!

Prayer. but yes, it is cold

Prayer. but yes, it is cold, originally uploaded by furtrear.

Postbox 2! Swedish box

Postbox 2! Swedish box, originally uploaded by furtrear.

I will take pictures of mailboxes from every country!

Field of flowers!

Field of flowers!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

It's not really a field. More like a big big patch of pink, red and white. pretty!!

Donkey

Donkey, originally uploaded by furtrear.

As usual. This is amelia :) haha she's gg to kill me.

Karen horsing ard

Karen horsing ard, originally uploaded by furtrear.

Santa Maria Church

Santa Maria Church, originally uploaded by furtrear.

look like some samseng por

look like some samseng por, originally uploaded by furtrear.

what does samseng por translate to? I can't for the life of me remember.

irene and i

irene and i, originally uploaded by furtrear.

she lives in sparta (another hall) but like me, has become a PR of the international coridoor in vildanden.

food galore

food, originally uploaded by furtrear.

dessert!

dessert!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

carlos and the omelette

carlos and the omeleete, originally uploaded by furtrear.

internation dinner! 0 spanish omelette that didn't make it to the pan.. well..not quite.

450489665XDCUEo_ph, originally uploaded by furtrear.

amelia and the swedish mailbox

amelia and the swedish mailbox, originally uploaded by furtrear.

cheese shop in lund!

cheese shop in lund!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

on the escalator.. back to malmo

on the escalator.. back to malmo, originally uploaded by furtrear.

lazy bird

lazy bird, originally uploaded by furtrear.

copenhagen city sq.

copenhagen city sq., originally uploaded by furtrear.

in copenhagen!

in copenhagen!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

danish ns

danish ns, originally uploaded by furtrear.

she's fascinated by the green roofs

she's fascinated by the green roofs, originally uploaded by furtrear.

face!

face!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

in copenhagen! ( i think)

in copenhagen! ( i think), originally uploaded by furtrear.

stingy singaporeans maximise free travel

stingy singaporeans maximise free travel, originally uploaded by furtrear.

sorely deprived of hugs

sorely deprived of hugs, originally uploaded by furtrear.

for tash

for tash, originally uploaded by furtrear.

u love grafatti don't u? and ny didn't have enough for u!

stealing flowers in denmark

stealing flowers in denmark, originally uploaded by furtrear.

someone's square

someone's square, originally uploaded by furtrear.

hug camp

hug camp, originally uploaded by furtrear.

that's real

that's real, originally uploaded by furtrear.

nice eh.

nice eh., originally uploaded by furtrear.

niron, we got u a risk set.

niron, we got u a risk set., originally uploaded by furtrear.

before summer ends

before summer ends, originally uploaded by furtrear.

copenhagen

copenhagen, originally uploaded by furtrear.

ice cream and super long sweet in malmo

ice cream and super long sweet in malmo, originally uploaded by furtrear.

my bed :)

my bed :), originally uploaded by furtrear.

room is now pretty cosy, esp with amelia in it. things are nice and messy.:)

Malmo, Copenhagen, Class

Man, juggling all of this is.. a little rough. Woke up early for class this morning. thank goodness i have some pasta sauce already cooked.. cause Would have lunch otherwise. Anyway, classes for the week have started but before i bore you with my fascinating lessons, an update on Copenhagen. Kopenhamn.

We got ourselves a family return ticket which is absoultely awesome. Got to take buses and trains in copenhagen for free too! And knowing us, we maximised it. Stingy singaporean behaviour that we try to limit usage amongst each other. Anyway, saw the runis of mulptile castles built one on top of another, saw this amazing dome in a nearby church, the plaster work and all is stunning. Went to another nearby castle and man! There was so much old furniture and ornaments in it. The first floor's ceiling was covered in scary plaster figures popping out of it. How do people sleep like that? staring at a ceiling peppered with heads staring back at you before u sleep?

I liked the second floor a little better. Less gaudy. But then again, let's just skip to the crown jewels yah. There was this one stone - 1300 karats. oh my goodness. And yes yes i know that the crown jewels in london will be just as fantastic but this was oo nice! :) dowry anyone?

Later we just milled around town, found a supermarket that sells mooncakes so when i get my stuff from uncle lawrence on saturday, i'll buy some there. mooncake festival is this sunday no? so the international coridoor will have some mooncake tasting! plus chinese tea :)

Oh yeah! To maximise our free travel, we kept hoping on anf off buses, getting lost, taking trains to the last station and walked around this suburb.

we decided to take photos with a danish mailbox and lo and behold, when it was my turn, this car drove up and a dude got out to drop something in. the people in the car thought that we were absolutely amusing! haha. totally embarrsed. then when they left, i was getting all ready to go pose again, and the mailman came. eeps. embarrassed!!! but got it done anyway.

Amelia is hell bent on plucking apples from a tree. So.. we'll see. there are some in my neighbourhood. ah, pple will be happy! unstealing.

international dinner

I'm now a PR (permanent resident) of the A3 international coridoor. This babe Emaanuelle (sp?!) thought that I lived in that coridoor!! Haha.. reminds me of how my dad used to think that i was from 01s11 (my adopted class in vj).

We had this BIG dinner there last night. I mean BIG. There was way to much food. And most of it was awesome! I have to say, i should have cooked my japanese beef thing the day itself, but with amelia coming over, i just didn't risk it. Damn so it didn't taste as good as it should have! so sian! So I have half a container of it left over. never mind. i shall have it for dinner on monday!

But everyone cooked delicious stuff! We had papadam - courtesy of amelia, and it was pretty fun frying it. Also had yummy salad, sushi!, german meat wrapped in dumplings made by danielle's mum, oh that was so good, eating food made by a mum, coleslaw, spanish onion omeltte, spanish cured ham on abagette, polish and czech potato pancakes - u eat the polish one with sugar! , stir fried chicken, fried rice, mah po tofu, oo.. the list just goes on and on. ooo!and eriana, she's from ukraine, made lovely apple pie. oh man it was SO good! I shall get the recipie from her and it looks easy too! oh it was damn damn good.

Plus, amelia is here! We went to Malmo to see the 3rd largest city in Sweden. haha.. Saw this castle in Malmo. No biggie but the entrance fee was pretty cheap so that was ok. 20kr for students! and saw a lot of weird things, like stuffed animals - they have a better collection than the raffles biodiversity museum.

Today we're going to Ystad, south of sweden to check things out. oh man, i'm spendind a lot more money on travelling this week!

Balancing work and housekeeping stuff, and amelia this week will be tougher than i thought!

me!

me!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

yikes, not very photogenic here. sorry zam!

karen!

karen!, originally uploaded by furtrear.

do u see my batik cloth in the background?! haha

suntanning! karen and i

suntanning! karen and i, originally uploaded by furtrear.

sun gets in your eyes